I wrote to Jim Kitch and he confirmed that the dance is indeed "Spare Parts" as Will Mentor indicated. I'm posting a part of Jim's reply below because I thought his comments on R&L through interesting.
>From Jim Kitch: Will Mentor is absolutely correct; the dance you are asking about is "Spare Parts", which I wrote (in the late 1980's or very early 1990's, I believe) for a band of the same name that I was calling with at the time. [Will M. has the choreography correct as well.] BTW, IMHO a pass-through-and-twirl IS a right-and-left-through -- at least, it is what the majority of dancers do today when a right-and-left-through is called for. (I'm ignoring the with/without hands question, the norm of which varies depending on where you are.) I only specify the California twirl in "Spare Parts" because, in that dance, it sets up the next action much better than a conventional courtesy turn does. Will Loving on 1/10/11 11:41 AM, Will Mentor at [email protected] wrote: > Will > > This dance really looks like Spare Parts by Jim Kitch. The only > difference - in Spare Parts instead of a Right & Left Through the > choreography calls for Pass Through/Cal Twirl. > > Will > > > On Jan 10, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Will Loving wrote: > >> We have a dance that is very similar to Bob Isaac's "The Judge", but >> which >> appears to pre-date it. The main difference is in A2: the diagonals >> are on >> different directions and the order of the moves is reversed. Just >> interested >> to know if anyone can identify the Mystery one. I've listed both >> below. >> >> Mystery Dance - Contra/Becket >> >> A1 ----------- >> (8) Circle Left 3/4 >> (8) Neighbor swing >> A2 ----------- >> (8) Women's Right Diagonal Chain to shadow >> (8) Right and left through >> B1 ----------- >> (8) Petronella balance the ring and twirl >> (8) Petronella balance the ring and twirl 1-1/2 >> B2 ----------- >> (16) Partner balance and swing >> >> >> >> Judge, The >> by Bob Isaacs >> Contra/Becket-CCW >> >> A1 ----------- >> (8) Circle Left 3/4 >> (8) Neighbor swing >> A2 ----------- >> (8) Right and left through >> (8) Women's Left Diagonal Chain to shadow >> B1 ----------- >> (8) Petronella balance the ring and twirl >> (8) Petronella balance the ring and twirl 1-1/2 >> B2 ----------- >> (16) Partner balance and swing >> >> >> >> -- >> >> William M. Loving >> Dedication Technologies, Inc. >> 7 Coach Lane >> Amherst, MA 01002-3304 USA >> [email protected] >> Tel: +1 413 253-7223 (GMT 5) >> Fax: +1 206 202-0476 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers -- William M. Loving Dedication Technologies, Inc. 7 Coach Lane Amherst, MA 01002-3304 USA [email protected] Tel: +1 413 253-7223 (GMT 5) Fax: +1 206 202-0476
